--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > Good one, Curtis. You got a twofer, a double play. You > > win the jackpot, a trip to Obfuscating Rehab for the > > irony impaired. > > Does anyone else get the feeling that this word is being > overused in a completely bogus way?
"Irony impaired" can refer both to the inability to recognize irony when someone else uses it, and the inability to use it properly oneself. I suspect it's the second that raunchy has in mind here. (For reference, Robin has done an excellent job of exemplifying and/or explicating the term in a number of posts recently.) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I say this because I don't really sense that > > > your "rageful, reality-obfuscating dirty fighter" phrase as doing you the > > > justice it could if you were to dig a little deeper to find the one that > > > is just right. The one that fits your feelings right now but doesn't do > > > you an injustice. > > > > > > M: Perhaps a review process is in order for Share. She could send you > > > her posts before posting them, and they could be evaluated for how much > > > they do justice to her. > > > > > > I think there is more than a little Robin left in you Ann. (I hope that > > > was "just right".) > > > > > > > Good one, Curtis. You got a twofer, a double play. You win the jackpot, a > > trip to Obfuscating Rehab for the irony impaired. > > > > > > > > > Oh yeah, and the doormouse thing is just totally condescending, there is > > > no other way to spin that. > > > > > > Here was your intent tell: > > > > > > "Here is the thing, dear Share," > > > > > > You kinda know what's coming after that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Supplying some mental floss for this exchange and just in case Judy's > > > > > use of quotation marks is obfuscating, I'm sure it's not me she is > > > > > quoting as I did not write those words. Or even think them. Maybe > > > > > herself? Or someone from another decade? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PS I'd rather be a supposed "pompous, reality-avoiding dormouse" > > > > > than a rageful, reality-obfuscating dirty fighter. > > > > > > > > Here is the thing, dear Share, although you have obviously taken > > > > exception to the metaphor of the dormouse as pertaining to you, it was > > > > a rather charming, in an interesting way, image and not one to get > > > > overly excited about. (See my photo of a rather adorable dormouse). On > > > > the other hand, I know you can do better in your description of Judy so > > > > that it encompasses not only your feelings (which seem to be hurt) as > > > > well as a degree of truthfulness and therefore potency without the > > > > ugly-esh negativity. I say this because I don't really sense that your > > > > "rageful, reality-obfuscating dirty fighter" phrase as doing you the > > > > justice it could if you were to dig a little deeper to find the one > > > > that is just right. The one that fits your feelings right now but > > > > doesn't do you an injustice. > > > > > > > > > > > > BTW, The previous sentence shows the clean fighting way of using > > > > quotation marks as the words enclosed therein were actually written by > > > > a FFL poster.   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: authfriend <authfriend@> > > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 7:10 PM > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re:to Judy & everyone -- writing for the > > > > > Church of $cientology > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > My apologies to everyone including Judy for my part in > > > > > > this disagreement. If anyone has questions or concerns > > > > > > about my part in it or in the one with Robin, again my > > > > > > request is that you email me directly for sake of > > > > > > sparing the forum any further negativity. > > > > > > > > > > "Especially the negativity of having my mistakes and > > > > > falsehoods called to my attention. I really hate that." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
